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There aren’t many large appliances in my house that I enjoy spending time with.

Dishwasher.  Boo.

Washer and dryer.  Yuck.

Stove.  Um, are there cookies involved?  Then, yeah, no thank you.

I can’t live without these items, but if I could live without ever having to touch them because my maid and butler and chef were in charge of that, I totally would.

Totally.

Call me crazy but I could die a happy woman if I never had to wash another load of laundry, or fold another basket of white socks that are all about the same size, but slightly different.  I could find joy in not having to make dinner every night so my children could complain about it.  And dirty dishes are for the, um, they are for no one.  No one likes dirty dishes.

But, I do enjoy spending time with my fridge.

So many yummy snacks in there; cheese, and cheese, and like, cheese.

With a house full of Dudes we get plenty of use out of our fridge and, when we purchased this house back in 2006 (why does that sound like forever ago?!) I was so excited that we had this big, double door, Whirlpool refrigerator, with the ice and water dispenser right there in the door.  It was like we were rich I tell you!

We could finally offer our limited visitors flitered ice water when they stopped by!

Classy.  So, so classy.

That was 8 years ago and a thirteen year old fridge is like a 20 year old television; it may still be working but nowhere near as efficient or cool as a brand new one.

We’ve decided that we will likely use our tax refund (pleaseletusgetarefundpleaseletusgetarefund) to buy a new model.

As Whirlpool brand loyalists (we have a Whirlpool washer and dryer too), we were excited to learn about the soon-to-be-unveiled Whirlpool CoolVox Refrigerator.  With it’s on-board booming system (it has Bluetooth® wireless technology and Harman Kardon Speakers built in!), you can get your groove on while you prep your family meals, making using that oven I sorta hate a little at least 75 times more enjoyable to interact with.

whirlpool refrigerator

This fridge of the future (like late 2014) lets families like ours, who enjoy a good pre/post dinner dance party, easily incorporate entertainment into our kitchen routine.  Just like this, only like, better…

kitchen-dancing

Whirlpool will be bringing this and a host of their other new concepts including Designer Duets so you can say Bye-Bye to boring laundry, a concept for an Interactive Cooktop, and concept MaxArt Microwaves to the Consumer Electronics Show this month, sharing with consumers how their products of the future are all about connection, expression, and innovation.  You can see everything Whirlpool has in store for those of us who can’t enjoy the CES festivities by checking them out here.

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Comments

  1. I would love a new refrigerator and washer and dryer and stove….yeah….any of it would be great!

  2. I would love higher end appliances to run my house (because I am seriously lacking in that area). Thank you

  4. I would like to see a refrigerator that selects the perfect temperature for foods and lets you know when it needs to be replaced.

  6. I’d love to have appliances that would give me advance notice when a part is starting to fail. I’d also love a freezer and refrigerator that would keep a running inventory of what is inside.

  8. My future would be perfect if someday I had every single thing in my home powered by the sun without having to use one watt of electricity.,.These light bills are a killer

  13. If I owned my own home, I would love to have heated floors in my bathroom and a small electric fireplace in every bedroom, a large kitchen with two ovens and built in freezer in the cabinets in the kitchen and every home should come with a built in panic room or bomb shelter on their property, bay windows in the living room and glass panel doors in the kitchen with a screened porch
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

  14. If we are ever able to have our own home I want it to be comfy. I want it to be inviting to others. It needs to have all state of the art appliances to make it easy for entertaining. Thank you!

  16. I would love a home with ceiling to floor windows, stainless steel appliances and lots of marble

  23. Would love to have a refrigerator that keeps an inventory of the food it stores and alert you what you need to replenish.

  27. Self-cleaning floors, voice-activated appliances, and remote temperature control throughout the house.

  28. I think a refrigerator that would sense and let you know when food was going bad would be great

  32. the future of my home is prolly falling to the ground.it is rotten in the floors and the ceiling leaking.i would like to build a home but cant afford to right now.but i hope to seal the roof and paint and fix the floor.i am greatful we have a warm place to lay our head and call home.

  34. My idea of for the future kitchen would have all the appliances and counters that disinfected themselves routinely!

  35. i would love to have a modern updated kitchen with great appliances ,mine is from 1970..my future home would have a self cleaning microwave

  38. I would love a itemize fridge to put in dates of items and see what is past their date of expiration.

  40. I would love a retractable roof so I could let in plenty of light during the day and stargaze at night!

  42. I’d be thrilled with more efficient kitchen storage, a multitask single unit that washes and dries clothes, and a refrigerator that has rotating shelves so things don’t go to waste in the back of the shelves.

  44. I would love a fridge system that could rotate products and keep track of when something like your milk is past the due date.

  45. My future dream kitchen would have a tv built into the fridge so I could watch my favorite shows while I cook.

  49. I agree with the lack of love for my large appliances. I’d much prefer tall, shiny and handsome for my fridge…

  53. I’d love a slow cooker that worked with me. I am a full time, working mom, so a slow cooker is a great tool. But even the ones with the timers, can leave my food a bit dried out by the time I get home. I’d love one that would start cooking with enough time to be done by the time I get home, not just on warm, like the one I currently have.

  55. I would love a coffeemaker that could sense when I woke and brew at that exact moment!

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  72. I’d love to have talking cookbooks that you can give oral commands to, like “wait” (while you measure an ingredient). Thanks for the giveaway!

  74. I see a future where my husband could actually figure out that the dishwasher needed to be unloaded.

  76. I saw a video a while back that featured mirrors and tables that were actually computer screens. I’d love to have that in my house – imagine checking the news while getting ready in the bathroom!

  79. For the future of my home, I would love to refit my kitchen and laundry room with energy efficient appliances.

  80. I would Love appliance with a battery or generator back up that kicks in automatically when power is lost That way you never lose perishables.

  84. Since we’re still waiting for our house in PA to sell and we didn’t want to wait to buy a new house here out West, we had budget limitations – so I compromised on the big gourmet kitchen I had envisioned in my head. So that means the future of our house will definitely be a kitchen upgrade. And to have a fridge I can boogie with? I’m all over that.

  85. There’s nothing like new appliances. I would love a brand new refrigerator…Especially if it is internet connected!

  87. We really need new appliances. Our refrigerator is on its last leg and we need a new stove, our oven is not working. I would love some new modern energy efficient appliances.

  88. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES AND LIGHTS
    IN MY KITCHEN. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HEATED FLOORS IN MY
    WHOLE HOUSE.

  89. My appliances are all nearly 20 years old; my idea for the future of my home would be all this nifty interactive appliances! Thanks!

  93. I would like to see some kind of backup power built into appliances so they would continue to work during power failures.

  94. My future house will have a very open floor plan. Lots of light colors, white and different shades of blue. A huge kitchen (even though I’m not much of a cook yet) and most importantly a very large master suite with a big enough closet for all my clothes.

  96. My future house would not only have a fridge that keeps track of the food inside, makes a grocery list, and THEN does the shopping for me! That’d be amazing :) In the distant future, I’m looking forward to replicators that make everything as you need it and reabsorbs the waste when you’re done! :D

  98. eco-friendly appliances and materials, can run by computer remotely (for example, turn on oven so warm when get home to put supper in)
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

  99. I would like to have an interactive home that can audibly read off my daily checklist to me in each room that I enter.

  102. I want to have a self cleaning microwave and a refrigerator that can tell me when that yogurt on the back shelf has gone bad

  104. I would love to have microsuede sectional sofa, a fireplace, a kitchen island, granite countertops, all new GE kitchen appliances including a double oven and a loft!

  109. my future home would have solar panels and a whole house fan. I also would like to start a compost pile and a garden that I would water with rain water stored from the winter .Also new smart appliances of course and a kitchen remodel .

  113. I’d love a computer screen in my kitchen, right above the counters. This would be great for reviewing recipes for when I’m cooking.

  114. My future kitchen would be 3 times bigger with a ton of counter space and nice appliances!

  121. My idea for the future of my home is to purchase new appliances and home systems as often as possible and afforded in order to take advantage of new technology and efficiency.

  122. I would love for the bathrooms which have been in a state of renovation for quite some time to be finished. I would love a new dishwasher. I would love for new carpeting in the house where we have carpeting needs. I would love for a new floor in the kitchen.

  123. i love the idea of music streaming through the refrigerator
    I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and love to listen to music when i do

  127. My idea for future home? Well, ideally, I would love to have my laundry done “automatically”, without my assistance….and “auto-folding” feature would be lovely too! hehehe….I hate laundry…so, am I asking for too much? could be, it would really be a dream come to waking up to a basket of perfectly folded laundry…some day.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

  129. We recently moved into our new home and I have so many ideas for it including knocked down a wall between the kitchen and dining room, removing the current center island and replacing it with something more function, replacing the microwave and obtaining a larger freezer!

  131. I think for the future, it would be great to have my on line recipe right at my finger tips in an easily accessed area. Maybe a screen right on my refrigerator since for me, that is right in the middle of my cooking area. Right now I use my iPhone and have to constantly keep pushing the home button when it goes black while I stir, or boil, etc.

  132. This would be heaven not to have to lug my daughter and my clothes to the laundromat in this cold New England weather and then hot humid summers ! Ty so much for the opportunity !! Dreaming of winning this fabulous giveaway !!! Ty

  134. Moved to a new rental with my teenage daughter and the washer is about 20+ years old and there is no dryer :/ this would be absolutely fabulous !!!

  135. I would really like to replace our washer and dryer with the new Designer Duets. They are so much cooler than the typical boring designs!

  137. My idea for a great kitchen would be for appliances to be very energy efficient and allow efficient usage of space! thanks for a chance to win! kmassman gmail

  139. Can we have built in tablets in our bigger appliances from Whirlpool…yeah that’d be pretty cool :D

  142. My idea for the future of my home: I would actually like to own a home of my own, firstly, and if I did have a home, I would want solar panels on the roof, and all energy-saving appliances in the kitchen, laundry room, sensor faucets throughout, excellent venting system over the gas range, and a nice open layout that makes moving around in the house, a breeze :)
    jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com

  144. A fridge that plays music sounds great! I’d love a self cleaning bathroom or a fridge that cleans itself and alerts you when you are running out of something or something is about to expire.

  147. I cannot wait! I’m doing a makeover, and this makes me want to wait until Whirlpool has them ready for us! I love everything they are doing, if anyone knows how to keep up with technology it’s Whirlpool! Cooking will be more fun than EVER! Doing luandry, just got way cooler thanks Whirlpool!

  148. I LOVE the idea of appliances that also make the job fun (a-la- Mary Poppins!) who wouldn’t want music or even Bluetooth compatible appliances, especially on that fridge. Id like a fridge that looked as excellent and classy as it performs!

  150. OMGosh a Fridge with Music, say what?!?!?! I will cook Er’day if I had that fridge! You know what would be super cool in my future home!?!?!? A Stove with a screen to bring up my recipe sites, recipe documents, etc. and that will scroll up to my voice….what! That would make me bake more and cook more for than just my family! No more ruining grandma’s hand written recipes (well if i had a grandma that did that for me) or your recipe cards gifted to you at your bridal shower-which i thought was totes lame but def came in handy later in real life when I had kids! Also, you children are so handsome and i love that they are wild and crazy and fun!!!

  151. I love the idea of a fridge with speakers. I always crank music while I’m cooking and cleaning up in the kitchen.

    As for future ideas, I don’t know. We don’t even have a dishwasher so clearly I’m a little old fashioned (and challenged with a small awkward kitchen). But more music is always good. Add speakers to everything!

  152. Since I have a small galley kitchen when dancing is always apart of the cooking process, I can’t think of a better thing than a fridge with a kickn sound system.

    I do use Pinterest as a cookbook most of the time, maybe and android device built into a fridge or a screen that can be used to access ones computer some how. That would save valuable counter space for me.

  153. that fridge is so pretty!! I love our W/P Washer and Dryer….can I have a matching fridge?! pretty please?

    • In an ideal world, my future home would have two separate side by side fridge and freezer for maximum capacity of all sorts! whirlpool of course